On April 18, 1883 a group of concerned Confederate Veterans met in Richmond, Virginia, to form the Camp
Lee Soldiers' Home (also called Confederate Soldiers' Home,
Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, R. E. Lee Camp
Soldiers' Home, Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, or Old Soldiers'
Home) as a benevolent society to aid their needy former
comrades. The Robert E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate
Veterans was incorporated March 13, 1884. In the year that
followed, the camp raised funds and acquired land in
Western Richmond for a home. The Home opened on January 1,
1885, and it was located in the corner of Grove Ave. and
the Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia. Plagued by financial
difficulties, they sought money from the state. In 1886,
the General Assembly authorized a small annual
appropriation which was increased in 1892 in return for the
deed to the property. The home was under the Dept. of
Public Welfare until it closed in 1941, upon the death of
the last resident.

These papers are filed alphabetically under the veteran's name and
contain membership applications, war
records, and correspondence. The "Application for
admission to the Soldiers' Home of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1,
Confederate Veterans at Richmond, Virginia," lists the
Board of Visitors, and requests When enlisted, with rank,
Where enlisted, Company and regiment, Date and place of
discharge and Cause of discharge.

These volumes are registers of the residents of the Lee Camp Soldier's
Home. They are all arranged
alphabetically. Vol. 1 dates 13 January 1885 to 11 January
1896. The headings are Admitted, Name, Age, Where born,
Company, Regiment, Cause of admission, By whom sent, Cause
of discharge and Remarks. Vol. 2 dates 3 June 1885 to 27
January 1908 and Vol. v dates 15 September 1885 to 4
October 1939. The same names appear in both volumes. The
headings are Name, Admitted, Age, Where from, Where born,
Company, Regiment, Cause of admission, Admitted by, Cause
of discharge, Remarks.

This volume is a "Roster, R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans,
January 1, 1888." In the front of
the volume are lists of officers from 1883 to 1919. The
last death date recorded is 1932. The roster lists the
Name, Address, Date of membership to the camp and age,
Recommended to the camp by, Enlistment in C.S.A., Place of
birth, Rank, Regiment, Company, Date of death and
Remarks.

The Applications for Admissions. 1884-1941 and the Registers of
Residents. 1885-1941 is part of the State governments record
collection, Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home (Record
Group 52) and is described on p. 57 of A Guide to State Records
in the Archives Branch of the Virginia State Library and Archives .

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